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Submission + - new lung disease caused by microwave popcorn fumes (www.cbc.ca)

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popcorn popping on the apricot tree

on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @11:44AM

popcorn popping on the apricot tree writes: "The Associated Press brings us,

A pulmonary specialist at Denver's National Jewish Medical and Research Center has written to federal agencies to say doctors there believe they have the first case of a consumer who developed lung disease from the fumes of microwaving popcorn several times a day for years.
As the first consumer case, does this mean this happens all the time before in industrial settings?"

Submission + - subtract DRM, add 256kpbs tracks = Apple iTunes+

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whtmarker

on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @12:13PM

whtmarker writes: "iTunes will continue to offer its entire catalog, currently over five million songs, in the same versions as today — 128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM — at the same price of 99 cents per song, alongside the higher quality iTunes Plus versions when available. In addition, iTunes customers can now easily upgrade their library of previously purchased EMI content to iTunes Plus tracks for just 30 cents a song and $3.00 for most albums."

Submission + - HP Recruiting using Second Life

Submitted by virtualJobsGetPaidVirtualMoney on Thursday May 10, 2007 @01:01PM

virtualJobsGetPaidVirtualMoney writes: A Computer Science student graduating with a bachelor's degree looking for a full-time position has been contacted by HP for an virtual interview.

Representatives from Hewlett Packard have released the following opportunity. HP will be interviewing in the virtual world for real-world jobs! This is a first for HP and encourage students to try it out, especially if they are already Second Life players.

Interviewing is already so subjective, would this method of interviewing truly yield a qualified candidate?

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